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building is also used for the storage of sports equipment <br />for youth teams. <br />1961: The Louisville School District conveys the brick <br />school building and adjacent property to the town of <br />Louisville to be used for recreation. In doing so, the <br />Board notes that the property has not been used for <br />school purposes for many years. Within the next few <br />years, the Louisville School District becomes part of the <br />Boulder Valley School District, the Louisville Grade <br />School at Spruce and Jefferson is demolished, and <br />Louisville Elementary School is constructed. <br />1973: Memory Square Park is dedicated, with the <br />swimming pool opening in 1974. The brick school house <br />is now referred to as the Community Building. <br />At some point, the white paint is sandblasted from the <br />building. <br />1979-80: The City of Louisville finances the renovation <br />of the Community Building. The work includes adding <br />supports and repairing brickwork. The Louisville <br />Historical Commission seeks to reconstruct the <br />building's bell tower and dedicates $700 plus interest to <br />the project from moneys left over from the fund drive to <br />pay for the Miner Statue in front of City Hall. <br />1980-1990: The Community Building is used as <br />Louisville's Senior Center. During at least some of this <br />time, arts classes through the Parks & Recreation <br />Department are also offered in the building. In 1990, the <br />Senior Center moves into new space at the newly <br />constructed Louisville Recreation Center. <br />The <br />building <br />after the <br />paint was <br />removed, <br />c. 1980s. <br />(90-25-14) <br />1990s: The City renovates the building so that it can be <br />used for performances and the visual arts, and names it <br />the Louisville Center for the Arts. (See accompanying <br />article.) <br />2004: A new bell tower, or cupola, is finally made and <br />placed on the building. According to an article from The <br />Louisville Times, it is financed by the City of Louisville <br />with additional fundraising by the Louisville Arts and <br />Humanities Council. Louisville architect Peter Stewart <br />designs the cupola based on historical photos of the <br />building. <br />A replica of the <br />original cupola <br />was added back to <br />the building in <br />2004. Photo taken <br />2010. <br />2005: The Historic Preservation Commission and City <br />Council list the building on the Louisville Register of <br />Historic Places. <br />New landscaping has enhanced the area around <br />the Center for the Arts building. Memory Square <br />Pool is to the right of the building. Photo taken <br />2010. <br />2010: The City of Louisville continues to own and care <br />for the building, and new landscaping and renovations to <br />Memory Square Park and landscaping around the Arts <br />Center area are paid for by the Conservation Lottery <br />Fund. (Brick from Louisville's old water plant building <br />is reused for the project.) <br />4 <br />